Thursday, October 21, 2010

Ovid's Metamorphoses Book VII

MEDEA & JASON:     The leader of the Argonauts is helped to victory of the Golden Fleece through the king's daughter, whose undying love for him saved him from the tasks he faced.

MEDEA & AESON:     Jason uses the love his sorceress feels for him to ask her to add years to his ailing father's life and she abides, making him feel 40 years younger.
MEDEA & PELIAS:     Medea tricks Pelias' daughters into trying the age-regression on their own father, but instead she kills him and flees.
THE FLIGHT OF MEDEA:     She travels quite aways before taking her revenge on Jason through his children and new love then weds at the citadel of Athens for protection.
THESEUS & AEGEUS:     The sorceress is back to her dirty tricks by almost having Aegeus poison his own son without knowledge, but luckily he stops Theseus from drinking the potion and Medea hides for safety.
MINOS:     The tyrant wants revenge on Athens for killing his half-breed son.
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CEPHALUS:     The messenger from Athens travelled to ask for Aeacus's assistance in fighting Minos.
THE PLAGUE:      All of Cephalus' friends are dead due to a plague that envious Juno unleashed on the city which did not have enough space to bury the bodies.
THE MYRAMIDONS:      Aeacus prays for the plague to stop and the gods grant him his wish and use a tree to bear many men to rebuild/replenish the town, he calls them Myramidons.

CEPHALUS, PROCRIS, AURORA:      The poor hunter's wife thinks he has cheated on her and spies on him but only to get speared by his beloved javelin and to learn he was not having an affair all along.

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